List of field guns
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Field gun
s are one of two primary types of field artillery. Guns fire a heavy shell on a relatively level trajectory from a longer barrel, allowing for very high muzzle velocity and good range performance. Guns are most adequate for providing long range fire support and counter-battery fire.
Field gun
A field gun is an artillery piece. Originally the term referred to smaller guns that could accompany a field army on the march and when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances, as to opposed guns installed in a fort, or to siege cannon or mortars which...
s are one of two primary types of field artillery. Guns fire a heavy shell on a relatively level trajectory from a longer barrel, allowing for very high muzzle velocity and good range performance. Guns are most adequate for providing long range fire support and counter-battery fire.
Towed field guns
| Caliber Caliber In guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel in relation to the diameter of the projectile used in it.... (mm) |
Weapon name | Country of origin | Period |
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| 70 | Whitworth rifled breech loader | American Civil War | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 modèle 1897 Canon de 75 modèle 1897 The French 75mm field gun was a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze .The French 75 is widely regarded as the first modern artillery piece... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider The Canon de 75 modèle 1905 Schneider was a field gun used by Bulgaria during World War I and World War II. Some 324 had been delivered by the end of 1907 and most were still in service in 1939- References :... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider The Canon de 75 modele 1912 Schneider was a French World War I piece of 75 mm artillery, designed and manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot. It entered service with the French horse-mounted artillery in 1912 and some were sold to the army of Serbia... |
World War I | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider The Canon de 75 modele 1914 Schneider was a French World War I piece of 75 mm artillery, designed and manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot. Similar to the earlier Canon de 75mm Modele 1912 Schneider and also a derivative of Canon de 75 modèle 1897, it featured a longer barrel and an... |
World War I | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 mle GP1 Canon de 75 mle GP1 The Canon de 75 mle GP1 was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted lengthened Canon de 75 mle TR barrels on ex-German 10.5 cm leFH 16 howitzer carriages received as reparations after World War I... |
 Belgium |
World War I |
| 75 | 75 mm Gun M1897 Canon de 75 modèle 1897 The French 75mm field gun was a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze .The French 75 is widely regarded as the first modern artillery piece... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 75 | Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 The Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 was a field gun used by Italy during World War I and World War II. It was a license-built copy of the Krupp Kanone M 1906 gun. It had seats for two crewmen attached to the gunshield as was common practice for the period. Captured weapons were designated by the... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 75 | Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 | World War I / World War II | |
| 75 | Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 The Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 was an Italian field gun used during World War II. .- History :... |
World War II | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 mle TR Canon de 75 mle TR The Canon de 75 mle TR was a field gun used by Belgium during World War I and World War II. It was a license-built copy of the Krupp M 1905 gun. Production continued during World War I until the Germans overran the factory in 1914... |
Belgium |
World War I / World War II |
| 75 | Type 38 75 mm Field Gun Type 38 75 mm Field Gun The was a 1905 German design which was purchased by the Empire of Japan as the standard field gun of the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of the Russo-Japanese War.-History and development:... |
World War I | |
| 75 | Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun The Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun was a Japanese field gun first accepted into service in 1908. It was slightly lightened version of the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun that was based on a 1905 Krupp design. It was the primary weapon of artillery units attached to cavalry formations... |
World War I | |
| 75 | Reffye 75mm cannon Reffye 75mm cannon The Reffye 75mm cannon was a French artillery piece of the 19th century, developed by the French artillery General Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye, superintendent of the works at Meudon. The weapon was adopted by the French Army from 1873... |
1870–1877 | |
| 75 | 75 mm Gun M1916 75 mm Gun M1916 The M1916 75-mm Gun was a U.S. Army field artillery piece used during, and after World War I. It was used as an antiaircraft gun as well as a field piece.-History:... |
World War I | |
| 75 | 75 mm Gun M1917 75 mm Gun M1917 The 75 mm Gun Model of 1917 was an interim measure, based on the British QF 18 pounder, produced by the United States in World War I after it had decided to switch from to 75 mm calibre for its field guns.-History:... |
World War I | |
| 75 | St Chamond 75 mm gun St Chamond 75 mm gun The Saint Chamond-Mondragón 75mm gun was designed in the 1890s by Mexican arms designer General Manuel Mondragon and produced by the French arms manufacturer St Chamond. It was widely used by different forces during the Mexican Revolution.... |
World War I | |
| 75 | Type 95 75 mm Field Gun Type 95 75 mm Field Gun The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun and the Type 41 75 mm Cavalry Gun in front line combat units, but due to operational and budgetary constraints, only a small number were produced, and the Type 38 and... |
2nd Sino-Japanese War | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 mle GP11 Canon de 75 mle GP11 The Canon de 75 mle GP11 was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted lengthened Canon de 75 mle TR barrels on ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16 gun carriages received as reparations after World War I... |
Belgium |
World War II |
| 75 | Canon de 75 mle GP111 Canon de 75 mle GP111 The Canon de 75 mle GP111 was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II. Cockerill mounted a sleeve in the barrels of ex-German 7.7 cm FK 16 guns received as reparations after World War I to convert them to the standard Belgian 75mm ammunition. After 1940, the Wehrmacht designated captured... |
Belgium |
World War II |
| 75 | 75 mm Type 90 Field Gun 75 mm Type 90 Field Gun The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet-Japanese Border Wars and World War II. It was intended to replace the Type 38 75 mm Field Gun in front line combat units, but due to operational and budgetary constraints, the Type 38 continued to be... |
World War II | |
| 75 | Canon de 75 modèle 1922 Schneider Canon de 75 modèle 1922 Schneider The Canon de 75 modèle 1922 Schneider was a field gun designed by Schneider in the early Twenties. France didn't buy any as it had an enormous stock of surplus Canon de 75 modèle 1897 field guns on hand and it was offered for export... |
World War II | |
| 75 | 7.5 cm FK 16 nA 7.5 cm FK 16 nA The 7.5 cm Feld Kanone 16 neuer Art was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. Originally built as the World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16, surviving guns in German service were rebarreled during the early Thirties in the new standard 7.5 cm caliber... |
 Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 75 | 7.5 cm FK 18 7.5 cm FK 18 The 7.5 cm Feldkanone 18 was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. It was designed to replace the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA, which was a World War I-era 7.7 cm FK 16 rebarreled in 75 mm during the early Thirties... |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 75 | 7.5 cm FK 38 7.5 cm FK 38 The 7.5 cm Feldkanone 38 was a field gun used by Germany and Brazil in World War II. Built by Krupp to satisfy an order by the Brazilian Army some 64 were delivered before the war began... |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 75 | 7.5 cm FK 7M85 7.5 cm FK 7M85 The 7.5 cm Feldkanone 7M85 was a field gun used by Germany in World War II.- Design :The FK 7M85 was designed to a requirement issued in 1944 for a dual-purpose anti-tank and artillery gun that could be produced quickly. The gun, cradle and recoil system from the 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun was... |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 76.2 | RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun The Armstrong Breech Loading 12 pounder 8 cwt, later known as RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt, was an early modern 3-inch rifled breech-loading field gun of 1859.-Design:The gun incorporated some advanced features for its day... |
1860s | |
| 76.2 | BL 12 pounder 7 cwt gun Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt The Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7cwt was the British Army's field gun, which succeed the RML 13 pounder 8 cwt in 1885.-History:The gun was initially adopted by both the Royal Field Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery, and was in full service by 1885... |
1880s - 1890s | |
| 76.2 | BL 12 pounder 6 cwt gun Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt The Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt was a lighter version of the British 12 pounder 7 cwt gun, used by the Royal Horse Artillery. The "6 cwt" referred to the weight of the gun and barrel to differentiate it from other 12 pounders guns... |
Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... / World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
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| 76.2 | BL 15 pounder 7 cwt gun Ordnance BL 15 pounder The Ordnance BL 15 pounder, otherwise known as the 15 pounder 7 cwt, was the British Army's field gun in the Second Boer War and some remained in limited use in minor theatres of World War I.-History:... |
Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... / World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
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| 76.2 | QF 12 pounder 8 cwt gun Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt The Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt was a Royal Navy "landing gun" intended for navy use ashore. "8 cwt" refers to the weight of the gun and breech, approximately 8 cwt = 8 x = 896 lb. This was how the British often differentiated between guns of the same calibre or weight of shell... |
Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... / World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
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| 76.2 | 76 mm gun M1900 76 mm gun M1900 The 76 mm gun model 1900 was a Russian light field gun.... |
 Russian Empire |
World War I |
| 76.2 | 76 mm divisional gun M1902 | Russian Empire |
World War I |
| 76.2 | BLC 15 pounder gun Ordnance BLC 15 pounder The Ordnance BLC 15 pounder gun was a modernised version of the obsolete BL 15 pounder 7 cwt gun, incorporating a recoil and recuperator mechanism above the barrel and modified quicker-opening breech... |
World War I | |
| 76.2 | QF 15 pounder Mk.I Ordnance QF 15 pounder The Ordnance QF 15 pounder gun, commonly referred to as the Ehrhardt, was a modern German field gun purchased by Britain in 1900 as a stopgap measure to upgrade its field artillery to modern QF standards, while it developed its own alternative... The Ehrhardt |
 German Empire |
World War I |
| 76.2 | 3-inch M1902 field gun | pre–World War I | |
| 76.2 | QF 13 pounder gun Ordnance QF 13 pounder The Ordnance QF 13-pounder quick-firing field gun was the standard equipment of the British Royal Horse Artillery at the outbreak of World War I.-History:... |
World War I | |
| 76.2 | 76 mm divisional gun M1902/30 | World War II | |
| 76.2 | 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22) | World War II | |
| 76.2 | 76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV) | World War II | |
| 76.2 | 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) | World War II | |
| 76.5 | 8 cm Feldkanone M. 99 8 cm Feldkanone M. 99 The 8 cm Feldkanone M. 99 was a field gun used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. It was designed in a rush because Austria-Hungary's neighbors had already begun the process of modernizing their artillery. This forced the Austrians to make whatever improvements that could be made without... |
World War I | |
| 76.5 | 8 cm FK M. 5 8 cm FK M. 5 The 8 cm Feldkanone M 05 was a field gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. Guns captured by Italy were used as the Cannone da 77/28 modello 5. It was a conventional design, with its most notable feature being its obsolescent bronze barrel, necessary because Austria-Hungary still had... |
World War I | |
| 76.5 | 8 cm FK M. 17 8 cm FK M. 17 The 8 cm Feldkanone M. 17 was a dual-purpose field and mountain gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. Between the wars it was used by Austria, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. Captured weapons were used by Nazi Germany under the designations 7.65 cm FK 17 or and 7.65 cm FK 303.It was a... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 76.5 | 8 cm FK M 18 8 cm FK M 18 The 8 cm Feldkanone M 18 was a field gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. The initial guns used the standard Austro-Hungarian 76.5 mm caliber, but testing was underway for the heavier 83.5 mm version when the war ended. However, only six guns had been delivered by the end... |
World War I | |
| 76.5 | 8 cm kanon vz. 30 8 cm kanon vz. 30 The 8 cm kanon vz. 30 was a Czech field gun used in the Second World War. Guns captured after the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 were taken into Wehrmacht service as the 8 cm FK 30... |
World War II | |
| 77 | 7.7 cm FK 96 7.7 cm FK 96 The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 was a field gun used by Germany before World War I. It was a thoroughly conventional gun, being a modernized version of Krupp's FK 73 gun, but failed to incorporate any recoil system other than a partially effective spade brake. Thus it was rendered obsolete when the... |
German Empire |
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| 77 | 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art was a field gun used by Germany in World War I.-Description:The gun combined a barrel of the earlier 7.7 cm FK 96 with a recoil system, a new breech and a new carriage. Existing FK 96s were upgraded over time. The FK 96 n.A... |
German Empire |
World War I |
| 77 | 7.7 cm FK 16 7.7 cm FK 16 The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 16 was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. Surviving examples in German service were rebarreled postwar as the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA .-History:... |
German Empire |
World War I |
| 83.8 | QF 18 pounder gun Ordnance QF 18 pounder The Ordnance QF 18 pounder, or simply 18-pounder Gun, was the standard British Army field gun of the World War I era. It formed the backbone of the Royal Field Artillery during the war, and was produced in large numbers. It was also used by British and Commonwealth Forces in all the main theatres,... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 85 | Reffye 85mm cannon Reffye 85mm cannon The Reffye 85mm cannon was a French artillery piece of the 19th century, developed by the French artillery General Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye, superintendent of the works at Meudon. The weapon was adopted by the French Army from 1870... |
1870–1877 | |
| 85 | Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider | World War II | |
| 85 | 85 mm divisional gun D-44 85 mm divisional gun D-44 The 85-mm divisional gun D-44 was a Soviet divisional 85-mm calibre field artillery gun used after World War II. It was designed as the replacement for the 76 mm divisional gun M1942 . The gun is no longer in front-line service with the Russian Ground Forces, although some 200 of the Chinese Type... |
Modern | |
| 87 | 87 mm light field gun M1877 87 mm light field gun M1877 87-mm light field gun M1877 was a field gun utilized in Russo-Japanese War, World War I, Russian Civil War and a number of interwar period armed conflicts with participants from the former Russian Empire. The gun was initially developed by Krupp, but was also produced in the Russian Empire... |
Russian Empire |
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| 87 | 9 cm Feldkanone M 75/96 9 cm Feldkanone M 75/96 The 9 cm Feldkanone M 75/96 was a field gun used by Austria-Hungary during World War I, a modernized version of the M 75 field gun. Virtually all the M 76s were upgraded during 1898. For cost reasons the new gun retained the bronze barrel of the original, although it was actually redesigned to... |
World War I | |
| 90 | De Bange 90mm cannon De Bange 90mm cannon The De Bange 90 mm cannon was a type of field artillery piece developed in France by Colonel Charles Ragon de Bange in 1877, and adopted by the French Army that same year... |
1877- World War I | |
| 95 | Lahitolle 95 mm cannon | 1875- World War I | |
| 95.3 | RBL 20 pounder Armstrong gun RBL 20 pounder Armstrong gun The Armstrong Breech Loading 20 pounder gun, later known as RBL 20 pounder, was an early modern 3.75 inch rifled breech-loading light gun of 1859.-History:The gun was effectively a larger version of the successful RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun... |
1860s-1870s | |
| 100 | 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) | World War II | |
| 104 | 10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 The 10.4 cm Feldkanone M. 15 was a heavy field gun used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. Guns captured or turned over to Italy as reparations after World War I were taken into Italian service as the Cannone da 105/32 and were bored out to 105 mm to fit Italian ammunition. It was one of the... |
World War I | |
| 105 | CALIV Cañón Liviano 105L39 105 mm Helitransportable Light Gun | In development | |
| 105 | Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider The Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider was a French artillery piece used in World War I and World War II by many European countries.- History :In the early 1900s, the French company Schneider et Cie began a collaboration with the Russian company Putilov... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 105 | Canon de 105 modèle 1925/27 Schneider Canon de 105 modèle 1925/27 Schneider The Canon de 105 modèle 1925/27 Schneider was a heavy field gun used by Greece during World War II. It was bought at the same time as the Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider The Germans allotted this gun the designation of 10.5 cm Kanone 340, but it is unknown if they actually used them themselves.-... |
World War II | |
| 105 | Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider The Canon de 105 modèle 1930 Schneider was a field gun used by Denmark during World War II as the M.30 L/48.1 Schneider. The Germans alloted this gun the designation of 10.5 cm Kanone 321, but it is unknown if they actually used them themselves.... |
World War II | |
| 105 | Canon de 105 L mle 1936 Schneider Canon de 105 L mle 1936 Schneider The Canon de 105 L modèle 1936 Schneider was a field gun used by France in World War II. 159 were in service in 1939. Captured examples in World War II were placed into German service as the 10.5 cm schwere Kanone 332 where they mainly served on coast defense duties.It was built in two versions,... |
World War II | |
| 105 | Indian & Light Field Gun | Modern | |
| 105 | Type 14 10 cm Cannon Type 14 10 cm Cannon The was the first medium caliber cannon totally of Japanese design and the first with a split trail carriage. It was used Imperial Japanese Army but was not considered successful and was replaced by the Type 92 10 cm Cannon.-History and development:... |
2nd Sino-Japanese War | |
| 105 | Type 38 10 cm Cannon Type 38 10 cm Cannon The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War I, the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was a licensed copy of a 1905 Krupp design... |
2nd Sino-Japanese War | |
| 105 | Type 92 10 cm Cannon Type 92 10 cm Cannon The was a field gun used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was intended to supersede the Type 14 10cm Cannon in front line combat service.-History and development:... |
2nd Sino-Japanese War | |
| 105 | 10 cm K 04 10 cm K 04 The 10 cm Kanone 04 was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. It was produced as a replacement for the 10 cm K 99 and the Lang 15 cm Kanone 92. Although the standard version lacked a gunshield, some models, such as the 10 cm K 04/12, were fitted with a special gunshield and some... |
German Empire |
World War I |
| 105 | 10 cm K 14 10 cm K 14 The 10 cm Kanone 14 was a field gun used by Germany and Bulgaria in World War I. It was intended to replace the 10 cm K 04. In many ways it was a heavily modified K 04 intended to be able to engage aircraft. It was mounted on a firing platform to give it fast 360° traverse... |
German Empire |
World War I |
| 105 | 10 cm K 17 10 cm K 17 The 10 cm Kanone 17 was a field gun used by Germany in World War I and World War II.-Development:The range of the 10 cm K 14 was deemed insufficient in combat and Krupp designed a new, longer barrel that was mounted on the K 14's carriage... |
German Empire |
World War I |
| 105 | 10 cm sK 18 | Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 105 | L118 Light Gun L118 Light Gun The L118 Light Gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer, originally produced for the British Army in the 1970s and widely exported since, including to the United States, where a modified version is known as the M119A1... |
Modern | |
| 105 | LG-1 Light Gun LG1 The LG1 is a modern 105 mm/30-calibre towed howitzer designed and produced by GIAT Industries of France.-Design:The LG1 howitzer is a 105 mm towed artillery piece that features both low weight and a high level of accuracy over long distances. Its lightweight construction gives the barrel... |
Modern | |
| 105 | Bofors 10.5 cm Cannon Model 1927 10.5 cm Cannon Model 1927 The 10.5 cm Cannon Model 1927 was a heavy field gun used by the Netherlands and Hungary during World War II. Dutch guns were known as the 10-veld. Hungary purchased a license and built them as the 31 M. Captured weapons were designated by the Wehrmacht as the schwere 10.5 cm Kanone 335. Four were... |
World War II | |
| 105 | Bofors 10.5 cm kanon m/34 10.5 cm kanon m/34 -Design:Designed for motor towing with steel spoked wheels with rubber rims, the m/34 was a development of the earlier 10.5 cm Cannon Model 1927, with the carriage being used by various Bofors 15 cm howitzers of the Thirties... |
World War II | |
| 105 | 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 The 10.5 cm hrubý kanon vz. 35 was a Czech field gun used in the Second World War. Those weapons captured after the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 were taken into Wehrmacht service as the 10.5 cm K 35. Former Yugoslav guns were designated as the 10.5 cm Kanone 339... |
World War II | |
| 107 | 42 line gun M1877 42 line gun M1877 42 line gun M1877 was a siege gun used by the Russian Imperial Army in late 19th and early 20th centuries. The word "line" in the designation refers to a measurement unit which equals 0.1 inch... |
Russian Empire |
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| 107 | 107 mm gun M1910 107 mm gun M1910 107-mm gun model 1910 was a Russian field gun of World War I era. The gun was initially developed by the French arms manufacturer Schneider, but afterwards was built by Putilovski Works in Saint Petersburg.... |
Russian Empire |
World War I |
| 107 | 107 mm gun M1910/30 107 mm gun M1910/30 107 mm gun M1910/30 was a Soviet 106.7 mm field gun.The gun was based on an artillery piece originally developed by the French arms manufacturer Schneider prior to World War I and used by the Russian Empire as the 107 mm gun M1910... |
World War II | |
| 107 | 107 mm divisional gun M1940 (M-60) 107 mm divisional gun M1940 (M-60) The 107 mm divisional gun M1940 was a Soviet artillery piece, developed in the late 1930s in order to provide Soviet divisional artillery with a powerful field and anti-tank gun. The weapon entered production in 1940, but soon after the outbreak of the German-Soviet War, production ceased; only... |
World War II | |
| 114 | 4.5 inch Mk II Medium | World War II | |
| 114 | 4.5 inch Gun M1 4.5 inch Gun M1 The 4.5 inch Gun M1 was a field gun developed in the United States in the beginning of World War II. It shared the same carriage with the 155mm Howitzer M1 and fired the same ammunition as the British BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun... |
World War II | |
| 120 | Bofors 12 cm M. 14 Bofors 12 cm M. 14 The Bofors 12 cm M. 14 was a howitzer used by the Netherlands in World War II as the Lichte Houwitze 12 cm L 14. Captured guns were given a German designation after the Battle of the Netherlands as the 12 cm leFH 373 although it is not certain that they were actually used by German... |
 Sweden |
World War II |
| 120 | Canone de 120 L mle 1931 Canone de 120 L mle 1931 The Canon de 12 cm L mle 1931 was a medium field gun used by Belgium in World War II. Captured guns were taken into Wehrmacht service after the surrender of Belgium in May 1940 as the 12 cm K 370 where it was generally used on coast defense duties.... |
Belgium |
World War II |
| 120 | QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of United-Kingdom 120-mm naval and coast defence guns of 1888 and 1890s which served with the navies of various countries. They were also mounted on various wheeled carriages to provide the British Army with a long range gun... |
Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... / World War I |
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| 120 | 4.7 inch Gun M1906 4.7 inch Gun M1906 The 4.7in Field Gun M1906 was designed and issued by the US Army Ordnance Department in 1906. The design was orthodox for its time with a box trail and hydro spring recoil system. When the United States entered World War I 60 had been produced and issued to the army... |
World War I | |
| 122 | 122 mm gun M1931 (A-19) 122 mm gun M1931 (A-19) 122 mm corps gun M1931 was a Soviet field gun, developed in late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1939 the gun was replaced in production by an improved variant, M1931/37. The piece saw action in World War II with the Red Army... |
World War II | |
| 122 | 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) | World War II | |
| 127 | BL 60 pounder gun | World War I / World War II | |
| 130 | 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) The 130 mm towed field gun M-46 M1954 is a manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1950s. It was first observed by the west in 1954... |
Cold War | |
| 130 | Type 59 field gun | Cold War | |
| 135 | Krupp 13.5 cm FK 1909 Krupp 13.5 cm FK 1909 The Krupp 13.5 cm FK 1909 was introduced into German service in 1909, however by 1914 only 16 had been built. Production was accelerated when war began, but in 1915 it was withdrawn from service and replaced with guns capable of higher angles of elevation and longer range. Later in the war... |
German Empire |
World War I |
| 140 | BL 5.5 inch Gun | World War II | |
| 149.1 | Cannone da 149/35 A Cannone da 149/35 A The Cannone da 149/35 A was a heavy gun which served with Italy during World War I and World War II. It was already an old-fashioned weapon when introduced around 1900. It lacked a recoil system of any kind and could not traverse. The gun recoiled up two ramps placed behind the wheels and had to be... |
 Italy |
World War I / World War II |
| 149.1 | Cannone da 149/40 modello 35 Cannone da 149/40 modello 35 The Cannone da 149/40 was a heavy gun which served with Italy during World War II. It was intended to replace the obsolete Cannone da 149/35 A, but the small numbers produced prevented that. By 1940 orders had been placed for 590, but only 51 were in service at the end of September 1941... |
Italy |
World War II |
| 149.1 | Skoda K-series Skoda K-series The Škoda 149 mm K-series was a heavy howitzer design which served with Germany, Turkey, Romania, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia during World War II.-Description:... |
World War II | |
| 149.1 | Skoda Model 1928 Gun Skoda Model 1928 Gun The Skoda Model 1928 Gun was a Czech long-range, dual-purpose cannon designed for the attack of static fortifications and coastal defence duties. About 20 were bought by Yugoslavia and possibly more by Romania, although this latter has not been confirmed from Romanian sources. Guns captured by Nazi... |
World War II | |
| 149.1 | 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. The 15 cm Feldkanone L/40 in Räderlafette was a heavy field gun used by Germany in World War I. It was an ex-naval gun hastily adapted for land service by rigidly mounting it in a field carriage.-History:... |
German Empire |
World War I |
| 149.1 | 15 cm Kanone 18 15 cm Kanone 18 The 15 cm Kanone 18 was a German heavy gun used in the Second World War.-Design & History:In 1933 Rheinmetall began development of a new artillery piece to fulfill a German Army requirement for a replacement of the aged 15 cm Kanone 16, with the first production units received in 1938... |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 149.1 | 15 cm Kanone 39 15 cm Kanone 39 The 15 cm Kanone 39 was a German heavy gun used in the Second World War. First deliveries began in 1940 to the Wehrmacht. In the Battle of France only the independent Artillerie-Batterie 698 was equipped with the gun. For Operation Barbarossa it served with the Artillerie-Abteilungen 680, 731, 740... |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 149.1 | Type 89 15 cm Cannon Type 89 15 cm Cannon The Type 89 was the main gun of the Imperial Japanese Army heavy artillery units. It was widely used from the Manchurian Incident to the end of World War II, for example, Nomonhan, Bataan and Corregidor Island, Okinawa.... |
2nd Sino-Japanese War | |
| 149.3 | 15 cm Kanone 16 15 cm Kanone 16 The 15 cm Kanone 16 was a heavy field gun used by Germany in World War I and World War II. Guns turned over to Belgium as reparations after World War I were taken into Wehrmacht service after the conquest of the Belgium as the 15 cm K 429... |
German Empire |
1917–1945 |
| 152.4 | 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 The 15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16 was a heavy field gun used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. Guns turned over to Italy as reparations after World War I were taken into Italian service as the Cannone da 152/37. Austrian and Czech guns were taken into Wehrmacht service after the Anschluss and the... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 152.4 | Cannone da 152/45 Cannone da 152/45 The Cannone da 152/45 was a heavy gun which served with Italy during World War I and World War II. It was an expedient mating of a naval gun barrel placed on a land carriage to fulfill the Italian Army's need for long-range counter-battery work. The carriage was placed on a firing platform which... |
Italy |
World War I / World War II |
| 152.4 | BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun The BL 6 inch Gun Mark VII was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy traveling carriage in 1915 for British Army service to become one of the main heavy field guns in the First World War, and also served as one of the main coast defence guns throughout the British... |
World War I | |
| 152.4 | BL 6 inch Gun Mk 19 BL 6 inch Gun Mk 19 The BL 6 inch Gun Mk XIX was introduced in 1916 as a lighter and longer-range field gun replacement for the obsolescent BL 6 inch Gun Mk VII.-History, description:... |
World War I / World War II | |
| 152.4 | 152 mm gun M1910/30 | World War II | |
| 152.4 | 152 mm gun M1910/34 | World War II | |
| 152.4 | 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) 152 mm gun M1935 was a Soviet 152.4 mm heavy gun, produced in limited numbers by the Barrikady Plant in Stalingrad in late 1930s. The most unusual feature of the gun was its tracked carriage, shared by a number of Soviet heavy artillery systems of the interwar period... |
World War II | |
| 152.4 | 152 mm gun 2A36 Giatsint-B 152 mm gun 2A36 The 2A36 Giatsint-B is a Soviet/Russian towed 152 mm gun which entered service in 1976. The 2A36 is designed to suppress and destroy enemy manpower and equipment. It is also suitable for counter-battery fire. The gun can be used in various weather conditions and has been tested in temperatures... / M1976 |
Cold War | |
| 155 | Canon de 155 GPF | World War I World War II | |
| 155 | Canone de 155 L mle 1924 Canone de 155 L mle 1924 The Canone de 155 L mle 1924 was a heavy gun used by Belgium during World War II. After the Germans occupied conquered Belgium in May 1940 they took over the surviving weapons as the 15.5 cm Kanone 432.... |
Belgium |
World War II |
| 155 | 155-mm Gun M1 / M2 / M59 Long Tom 155 mm Long Tom The 155 mm Gun M1 and M2 , widely known as Long Tom, were 155 millimeter calibre field guns used by the United States armed forces during World War II and Korean War. The Long Tom replaced the Canon de 155 mm GPF in United States service.-Development:Before entering World War I, the United... |
World War II | |
| 155 | CITEFA Model 77 CITER 155mm L33 Gun The 155mm L33 Argentine Model Gun is an Argentinian artillery field gun in service with the Argentine Army.-Development:... 155 mm L33 gun |
Modern | |
| 155 | CALA 30 Cañón 155 mm. L 45 CALA 30 The 155mm L45 CALA 30/2 Gun is an Argentinian long range field artillery system developed for and in service with the Argentine Army.-Development:... 155 mm L45 gun |
Modern | |
| 155 | Norinco WAC-021 / W132 / PZL-45 | ||
| 155 | Wahrendorff gun Martin von Wahrendorff Martin von Wahrendorff was a Swedish diplomat and inventor.His father Anders von Wahrendorff was the owner of the gun foundry at Åker. In 1837 Wahrendorff applied for patent on a new breech mechanism, later known as the Wahrendorff breech. The first breech loaded Wahrendorff gun was manufactured... |
pre–World War I | |
| 173 | 17 cm Kanone 18 in Mörserlafette | Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 180 | 180 mm gun S-23 180 mm gun S-23 The 180 mm gun S-23 was a Soviet heavy gun of Cold War era. It was developed in the early 1950s, with the design based on naval guns. Its first public appearance was the 1955 May Day parade in Moscow. For some time, it was believed in the West that the S-23 was actually a 203mm weapon, and as a... |
Cold War | |
| 203 | 8 inch Gun M1 8 inch Gun M1 The 8 inch Gun M-1 was a 203 mm towed heavy gun developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army and the British Army in World War II.-Development:... |
World War II | |
Self-propelled field guns
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| 75 | T12/M3 75 mm GMC M3 GMC The 75 mm Gun Motor Carriage M3 was a United States tank destroyer and self-propelled artillery piece of the Second World War. It was the most numerous tank destroyer in U.S. Army service, during critical battles in North Africa and the Philippines, and continued to be used in more limited... |
World War II | |
| 75 | SdKfz 234 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen The term Schwerer Panzerspähwagen , covers the 6 and 8 wheeled armoured cars Germany used during the Second World War.... /3 schwerer Panzerspähwagen (7.5cm) |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 75 | SdKfz 250 SdKfz 250 The Sd.Kfz. 250 was a light armoured halftrack, very similar in appearance to the larger Hanomag-designed Sd.Kfz. 251, and built by the DEMAG firm, for use by Nazi Germany in World War II.... /8 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5cm) |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 75 | SdKfz 251 SdKfz 251 The Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track was an armored fighting vehicle designed and first built by Hanomag company during World War II. The largest and best armored of the wartime half-tracks, the Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the panzergrenadiers of the German mechanized infantry corps into battle.... /9 mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5cm) |
Nazi Germany |
World War II |
| 76.2 | SU-12 76.2 mm gun truck | 1932–35 | |
| 76.2 | T-26A artillery support tank | pre–World War II (few built) | |
| 76.2 | BT-5A artillery support tank | pre–World War II | |
| 76.2 | BT-7A artillery support tank | pre–World War II | |
| 76.2 | SU-76 SU-76 The SU-76 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during and after World War II.- History :The SU-76 was based on a lengthened and widened version of the T-70 tank chassis... |
World War II | |
| 84 | Birch gun Birch gun The Birch Gun was the world's first practical self-propelled artillery gun, built at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich in 1925. The gun was never highly regarded by the British High Command, purely for prejudicial beliefs and political pressure rather than any real lack of ability... |
1920s | |
| 105 | FV433 Abbot FV433 Abbot SPG FV433 Field Artillery, Self-Propelled "Abbot" is the self-propelled artillery variant of the British Army FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles, using much of the chassis of the FV430 but with a fully rotating turret at the rear housing the 105 mm gun and given the vehicle designation of... |
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| 149 | Semovente 149/40 | World War II | |
| 152 | Gun Carrier Mark I Gun Carrier Mark I The Gun Carrier Mark I was the first piece of self-propelled artillery ever to be produced, a British development from the First World War.-Development:... |
World War I | |
| 155 | Bandkanon 1A | ||
| 155 | 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M40 | ||
| 155 | M53 155mm Self-Propelled Gun M53 155mm Self-Propelled Gun M55 was an American fully enclosed and armored self-propelled artillery based on the M53 155 mm assault gun. It had a traversable, to a certain degree - 30° left or right, turret armed with a 203.2 mm howitzer, carrying only 10 rounds of ammunition. The gun had a maximum range of 16,916 meters with... |
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| 155 | XM1203 NLOS Cannon | Future Combat Systems Future Combat Systems Future Combat Systems was the United States Army's principal modernization program from 2003 to early 2009. Formally launched in 2003, FCS was envisioned to create new brigades equipped with new manned and unmanned vehicles linked by an unprecedented fast and flexible battlefield network... |
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| 155 | Norinco SP Gun | ||
| 155 | PLZ-45 PLZ-45 The PLZ-45 is a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer used by the People's Liberation Army of China, the Bangladesh Army, the Kuwaiti Army, the Saudi Arabian Army, and possibly the Pakistani Army.... |
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| 155 | Bhim T-6 self-propelled gun | Modern | |
| 155 | TAM VCA TAM VCA The TAM VCA is a self-propelled 155mm gun/howitzer, manufactured by TAMSE .- Description :... |
Modern | |
| 175 | M107 M107 Self-Propelled Gun The M107 175 mm self-propelled gun was used by the U.S. Army from the early 1960s through to the late 1970s. It was part of a family of self-propelled artillery that also included the M110 and was intended to provide long-range fire support in an air-transportable system... |
Cold War Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States... |
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| 194 | Canon de 194 mle GPF Canon de 194 mle GPF The Canon de 194 mle GPF - was the first French tracked self-propelled gun . Designed at the end of World War I, it was a pioneering weapon with many modern features.... |
World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... - 1930s |
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| 203 | 8in Gun Motor Carriage T93 T92 Howitzer Motor Carriage The 240 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T92 was self-propelled howitzer developed by the United States of America during World War II.The 240 mm M1 howitzer was mounted on a slightly modified Heavy Tank T26E3 later chassis - it used an extra bogie wheel, to bring a total of seven.A limited... |
post World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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| 240 | T92 Howitzer Motor Carriage T92 Howitzer Motor Carriage The 240 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T92 was self-propelled howitzer developed by the United States of America during World War II.The 240 mm M1 howitzer was mounted on a slightly modified Heavy Tank T26E3 later chassis - it used an extra bogie wheel, to bring a total of seven.A limited... |
post World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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